Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 294 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-11 - Left in Rules
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Regulation of emissions from existing power plants; withdrawal of proposed federal guidelines. Urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposed emissions guidelines for the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants under section 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act and requests the Attorney General of Virginia to pursue legal actions to challenge the guidelines adopted if they infringe upon the Commonwealth's sovereign authority and cause economic harm to its citizens.

Carbon dioxide emissions; regulation of existing power plants, withdrawal of federal guidelines.

Sen. Benton Chafin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-11	Senate	Left in Rules
2015-01-19	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2015-01-19	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 15103227D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SJ294
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SJ294+hil